Greenfield police charge High Street woman following underage drinking party

GREENFIELD – A 33-year-old High Street woman will be summoned to District Court to face charges stemming from a large-scale bash at her High Street home in which police said alcohol was served to underage drinkers.

Sgt. Viorel Bobe said police became aware of the party, held at 186 High St. on Jan. 20, when they saw a 15-year-old girl stumbling down the street about 11:30 p.m.

The girl, covered in vomit and smelling of alcohol, told police that she had too much to drink, Bobe said, adding that police summoned an ambulance after the girl passed out.

“She completely lost consciousness and she couldn’t speak,” Bobe said.

After speaking with several people accompanying the girl, also underage, police learned there was a drinking party going on at 186 High St., Bobe said.

Additional officers were called and police discovered about 30 underaged people, either holding or drinking alcohol, inside the garage at 186 High St., Bobe said.

Heather Sluter, of 186 High St., who told police she had hosted the party in honor of her son’s 16th birthday, asked police to leave the property, Bobe said.

“She was very vulgar,” he said.

Police did not leave, however, and found some 50 youths on the first floor of the home and 40 or more on the second floor and in the attic, some hiding inside crawl spaces and closets, Bobe said.

Police found several other youths passed out. None of the attendees, save for Sluter, was older than 20 and a least 40 were under the age of 16, Bobe said.

Police found hundreds of open containers throughout the property and many contained vodka, Bobe said.

Bobe said Sluter would be summoned to court on charges of procuring alcohol to minors and contributing to the delinquency of minors.

The status of Sluter’s arraignment was not immediately available Tuesday.